Tag Archives: Kansas

Different Views

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Doc Arnett

We sat on the deck, enjoying our drinks and watching the muddy Missouri roll along underneath the three bridges that connect Kansas and Missouri at this particular point. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged appreciation, Atchison, bridges, horses, Kansas, Missouri River, Mueller's, perspective, riding lessons, supper | Comments Off

Autumn on a Misty Morning

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Doc Arnett

A dozen shades of prairie grass
cast their colors
between the bare tans of dirt Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged autumn, autumn in Kansas, Doniphan County, fall, fall colors, farming, fields, Highway 36, Kansas, prairie grass, Wolf River | Comments Off

Answered Prayer

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Doc Arnett

After these weeks of triple digit heat
in a summer that began in April,
this second season of drought Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Nature, Prayer, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged answered prayer, blessing, drought, heat, Kansas, praying for rain, rain, suffering | Comments Off

On a Friday afternoon in June, preparing for the Warrior Dash, I pull on my running togs and head out the door. It is cloudy with no wind, two factors that are definitely in my favor, at least for the short term. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged Blair, Doniphan County, endurance, jogging, Kansas, preparation, running, spiritual endurance, stamina, Warrior Dash | Comments Off

Praying for Rain on a Lord’s Day Evening

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I lie awake
a little past ten,
still praying for rain,
even while watching the lightning Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Nature, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged ailanthus, corn, crops, Doniphan County, drought, dry pasture, Kansas, pasture, praying for rain, rain, soybeans, spraying weeds | 3 Comments

More than Trophies

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Doc Arnett

According to Dan, turkeys can’t smell worth a hoot but their vision is legendary. I stay and stay still as he finishes elbow-walking his way to the edge of the cornfield that stretches out over the next two hills. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged camo, camouflage, evangelism, father, father and son, hunting, Kansas, northeast Kansas, Relationships, son, turkey hunting | Comments Off

The Incredible Wealth of Scraping By

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Making my way across the freshly mowed grass in the last hour of daylight, I see Ben and his mom outside their tiny, rough apartment. Smoke drifts out from a small grill and Ben is bent over the front wheel of a small bicycle. He looks my way, straightens up and waves, “Hi, Doc!” Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged attitude, Blair, Blair Kansas, blessing, getting by, Kansas, making do, neighbors, On Course principles, opportunity, optimism, poverty, resourcefulness, wealth | Comments Off

Well-Grounded

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It is not that I am nostalgic about the beginnings of the Twentieth Century; I have no desire to land in the swirling fevers that followed the Civil War, Bleeding Kansas or the age of excess that preceded WWI and the Great Depression. I do, however, like to see the occasional downtown that does not look like an architectural junkyard. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged architecture, downtown, faith, Fort Scott, Ft Scott, Kansas, old buildings, preservation, renovation, solid | Comments Off

An Ill Wind

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Doc Arnett

After several minutes of encroaching claps of thunder, the strength of the storm erupted in the early hours of our Sunday morning in Kansas. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged birth, blood clots, C-section, daughter, family, he, Kansas, lightning, rain, shortness of breath, storms, thunder, wind | Comments Off

After the Storm

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Doc Arnett

but I think
that when we have survived the storm
we ought to be cautious
in noting our inconveniences. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged blessing, farm, farming, feeding horses, Kansas, mud, rain, storm, survival, surviving, testing, trials, wind | Comments Off